Car for pleasure-railroads.



No. 710,447. Patented flct. 7, I902.

H. FUNK. CAR FOR PLEASURE BAILBUADS.

[Application filed Aug. 22, 1902.)

(No Model.) I

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

HENRY FUNK, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CAR FOR PLEASURE-RAI'LROADS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 710,447, dated October 7, 1902.

7 Application filed August 22,1902. Serial No. 120,633. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY FUNK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cars for Pleasure-Railroads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a pleasure-railroad in which a number of cages or platforms mounted upon the car-truck are adapted to receive cycloidal movement from the caraxles in such a manner that the platforms counterbalance one another and any straining of the driving mechanism is avoided.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of my improved car; Fig. 2, a side elevation thereof; Fig. 3, a side elevation of a modification; Fig. 4, a plan of the transmitting mechanism shown in Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 a plan of a further modification of the transmitting mechanism.

The frame A of the car-truck is mounted upon axles a and supports a pair of front cages or platforms B D and a pair of rear cages or platforms E F, to which a cycloidal motion is imparted from the axles a in manner hereinafter described.

The two forward platforms B D are rotatably mounted upon a common front crankaxle b and a common rear crank-axle c, which turn in bearings of frame A. In like manner the rear platforms E F are mounted upon the common front and rear crank-axles d and e. The right cranks of axles b c extend in the same direction as the left cranks of the axles d e and in a diametrically opposite direction to the left cranks of axles b c and right cranks of axles d e. The axles b and c are intergeared in manner hereinafter described with the axles d and e, and thus each pair of diametricallyarranged platforms moves in unison and in a direction opposite to that of the other pair. The result is that each platform is counterbalanced and that any strain on the driving-gear or on the motor-shaft is avoided.

The car may be constructed either as a motor or as a trailer. In the motor-carriage illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 the front and rear axles a are driven from shaft f of motor fby gear-wheels f a. The front axle a transmits rotary motion to crank-shaft c by gearwheels a c and intermediate wheel 9. The axle c transmits motion to axle Zr by gearwheels 0 b and intermediate wheel g. In like manner the rear axle a transmits motion to axle d by wheels a d, and h, while axle (Z transmits motion to axle e by wheels d h, and c.

It will be seen that by the propulsion of the vehicle the desired cycloidal motion is imparted to the platforms and that the pressure upon diametrically opposite points of the motor-shaft f is equalized, so that torsional strain is avoided.

In Figs. 3 and 1 the gear transmission between the motor and the cagesis replaced by a sprocket-wheel-and-chain transmission, which operates in precisely the same manner. Here the motor-shaft f transmits motion to axles a a by sprocket-wheels i 2" and chains i Axles (1 transmit motion to axles c d by wheels i and chains i Axles 0 d transmit, respectively, motion to axles b e by wheels o i and chains i Fig. 5 illustrates the arrangement of gearing for a trailer. Here the front and rear axles a are intergeared with one another by wheels j j. The axles 0 cl are intergeared with wheels j by wheels j and intermediate wheels j In like manner the axles Z) c are intergeared with wheelsj by wheels 3' and intermediate wheels 9' The result of all the constructions is that each front platform is intergeared with the rear platform in such a manner that when one of the platforms is raised the other platform is lowered and that the strain on the intermediate transmission-gear is equalized. In this way a minimum power is required to propel the vehicle and to operate the platforms.

What I claim is 1. In a car for pleasure-railroads, the combination of a front platform with a rear platform, oppositely-placed crank-axles supporting the same, and means for intergearing the axles of the front platform with the axles of the rear platform, substantially as specified.

2. In a car for pleasure-railroads, the combination of a pair of front. platforms with a pair of rear platforms, crank-axles supporting diagonally-arranged ears in like position, means for intergearing said axles with the IO and means for intergearing the axles of the crank-axles, substantially as specified. front platforms With the axles of the rear plat- Signed by me at New York city, New York, forms, substantially as specified. this 21st day of August, 1902.

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